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Gros-plant-du-pays-nantais. Bottle of gros-plant-du-pays-nantais. The gros-plant-du-pays-nantais (also known by the simplified name gros-plant) is an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) wine produced mainly in the Loire-Atlantique department (Loire Valley vineyards). It is a dry white wine made mainly from the folle-blanche grape variety.
A bottle of Château La Tour Blanche 1990. Château La Tour Blanche, or La Tour-Blanche, is a sweet white wine ranked as Premier Cru Classé (French, “First Growth”) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Belonging to the Sauternes appellation in Gironde, in the region of Graves, the winery is located in the commune ...
Touraine AOC. Touraine (French pronunciation: [tuʁɛn] ⓘ) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the Loire Valley wine region in France that produce dry white wines and red wines rich in tannins. The AOC status was awarded by a decree of December 24, 1939 (modified by the decree of August 29, 2002). The wine-growing area extends ...
In 2006, a 135-year vertical (containing every vintage from 1860 to 2003) was sold by The Antique Wine Company in London for $1.5 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a single lot of wine. [7] Also that year, Dior and Château d'Yquem together created a skin care product made from the sap of the Yquem vines. [8]
Among the many types of white wine, dry white wine is the most common. More or less aromatic and tangy, it is derived from the complete fermentation of the wort. Sweet wines, on the other hand, are produced by interrupting the fermentation before all the grape sugars are converted into alcohol; this is called Mutage or fortification.
The grape most likely gets its name from the French words sauvage ("wild") and blanc ("white") due to its early origins as an indigenous grape in South West France. [1] It is possibly a descendant of Savagnin. Sauvignon blanc is planted in many of the world's wine regions, producing a crisp, dry, and refreshing white varietal wine.